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Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller--nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Who is John Galt? When he says that he will stop the motor of the world, is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battles not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? You will know the answer to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the amazing men and women in this book. You will discover why a productive genius becomes a worthless playboy...why a great steel industrialist is working for his own destruction...why a composer gives up his career on the night of his triumph...why a beautiful woman who runs a transcontinental railroad falls in love with the man she has sworn to kill. Atlas Shrugged, a modern classic and Rand's most extensive statement of Objectivism--her groundbreaking philosophy--offers the reader the spectacle of human greatness, depicted with all the poetry and power of one of the twentieth century's leading artists.
- Format: MassMarketPaperback
- Author: Rand, Ayn
- ISBN: 9780451191144
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 6.90 x 1.70
- Number Of Pages: 1075
- Publication Year: 1996
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Atlas Shrugged
Would RecommendTerry O. - 16 days agoIt was a great story and an admonition to current leaders.
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A passionate yet rational defense of your right to your own life.
Rodney S. - 5 years 5 months agoConservatism and libertarianism have shown they are incapable of defending freedom, capitalism, individual rights, and the right to a person to his/her own life. This book provides a solid, non-mystical base for all of those. It was an important book when it was released in 1957, and its importance has increased with every passing year.
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HPB S. - 5 years 8 months agoGreat classic. 3rd reading over 40 years. Reminds one of what the importance is of a thinking individual, values, virtues, and self-respect.
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Mackenzie M. - 6 years agoLong winded yet intriguing book. I wish it had been more of an inclusive novel but it did provide sosomsosome information. #SummerReading